Improvement in lanterns



"NXWESSES f Lanterns.

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NITED Srn'rns LEWIS J. CARPENTER AND H. WILLIAM DOPI, OF BUFFALO, N EVYORK,

ASSIGNORS TO HORACE PARMELEE AND WILLIAM H. BONNELL, OF

SAME PLACE.

lMPROVEMENT IN LANTERNS.

Speciiication forming part of Letters Patent No. 146,379, dated January13, 1874 5 application filed April 4, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, LEWIS J. OARPEN TER and H. WILLIAM Dorp, jointly,both of the city of Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of NewYork, have invented certa-in Improvements in Lanterns, of which thefollowing is a specification:

Our invention relates to improvements in the construction of lanterns,whereby the various parts may be readily movable, and the globe capableof being removed and replaced when desired.

In carrying out our invention according to one modification of the same,the top band or v ring which surrounds and holds the globe in positionis formed in two halves, one of which is secured to the upper ends offour, or other number, of the vertical wires of the lanternguard, whichat their lower ends are secured to a band or ring into which fits andrests the lower end of the globe. The other half of the top band or ringis secured to the dome of the lantern, and to it a wire is connected,which is so bent as to form a section of the wire-guard, and at thelowe'r end to be received and held, when required, by.a catch, solderedor otherwise affixed to the lower band. The dome is hinged to the halfof thetop band, supported by the vertical wires, and the lower band isprovided with a pair of pins or studs on opposite sides capable ofpassin g into vertical and horizontal slots in the base of the lantern,so that by placing the lower ring over the base in position for the pinsto pass into the horizontal portion of the slots of the base, andturning the base or the upper portion of the lantern so that the pinsmay pass into the horizontal portions of the slots, the base will befirmly held to the lantern by an arrangement similar to a bayonet-joint.A spring passes over the head of one of the pins, and secures the basefrom being accidentally turned. Projections are formed on or affixed tothe opposite sides of the base, in position to come over and lock thelower portion of the movable section of the wire-guard in position, butthat our invention may be fully understood, we will proceed to at theirlower ends, are secured to the band or ring C, in which iits and reststhe lower end of the globe. The half c2 of the top band or ring A issecured to the `dome G, and to it a wire, E, is connected, which is sobent as to form a section of the guard, and at its lower end c to bereceived and held, when required, by a catch, E', soldered or otherwisesecured to the lower band C. The dome G is hinged to the half a1 of theband A, and the lower band G is provided with pins or studs c onopposite sides, capable of passing into vertical and horizontal slots dd in the opposite sides of the base D, so that by placing the lower ringC over the base D in position for the pins c to pass into the verticalportion d of the slots in the base D', and turning the base or the upperpart of the lantern in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 2, so that thepins c may pass into the horizontal portion d of the slots, the base Dwill be rmly held to the lantern by an arrangement similar to abayonet-joint. D

are projections formed on or aiXed to the opposite sides of the base Din position to come over and lock the lower end c of the movable portionE of the guard, between it and the projection E. A spring, H, passesover the head of whichever of the studs cl may, for the time, come underit, when the parts of the lantern are put into position, therebypreventing the parts from being accidentally turned.

Having described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent,

1. A lantern, in which the top band or rim A'is divided into two halves,al c2, one half,

' 1 Y v m al, being secured to vertical guard-Wires b, base D', slots Zd', spring H, and projections which, at their lower ends, are connectedto a or catches D and E', substantially as and for band or rin g, C, theopposite half a2 bein g afthe purposes set forth.

fixed to a hinged dome, G, and having` applied LEWIS J. CARPENTER.

To it a"`section, E of the guard, the lower end H. WILLIABI DOPP.

e of which is retained in position by catches DDE/,"substanially asshown and described.

2. The combination of the ring C, studs c',

Vituesses:

MICHAEL J. STARK, PET. WUNsoH.

